Reds' catchers discuss MLB's experimental rule on collisions

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3:34 PM,
Feb. 25, 2014

Reds catcher Brayan Pena takes a throw at the plate during practice Tuesday.

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GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Major League Baseball announced on Monday that it was adopting an experimental rule on collisions at home plate.

Collisions aren't exactly prohibited, but "egregious collisions" are. In the end, Reds catchers said, they believe nothing's changed other than the umpire's ability to use his judgment to enforce the rules already on the books.

"It doesn't seem to swing the advantage one way or another," Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco said. "That's the biggest thing, we want the runners to think about sliding." ...